diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c7552b76..ec5aa90a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
         "jsonpath-plus": "^10.3.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
         "jszip": "^3.10.1",
+        "linkify-html": "^4.3.2",
+        "linkifyjs": "^4.3.2",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "marked": "^11.1.0",
         "moment": "^2.29.4",
@@ -6712,6 +6714,21 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/parcel"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/linkify-html": {
+      "version": "4.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/linkify-html/-/linkify-html-4.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RozNgrfSFrNQlprJSZIN7lF+ZVPj5Pz8POQcu1PYGAUhL9tKtvtWcOXOmlXjuGGEWHtC6gt6Q2U4+VUq9ELmng==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "linkifyjs": "^4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/linkifyjs": {
+      "version": "4.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/linkifyjs/-/linkifyjs-4.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NT1CJtq3hHIreOianA8aSXn6Cw0JzYOuDQbOrSPe7gqFnCpKP++MQe3ODgO3oh2GJFORkAAdqredOa60z63GbA==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/lit": {
       "version": "3.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lit/-/lit-3.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d28a0213..536018ef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
     "jsonpath-plus": "^10.3.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
     "jszip": "^3.10.1",
+    "linkify-html": "^4.3.2",
+    "linkifyjs": "^4.3.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "marked": "^11.1.0",
     "moment": "^2.29.4",
diff --git a/src/components/CollectionBadge.vue b/src/components/CollectionBadge.vue
index 4f78380d..e0ef51d1 100644
--- a/src/components/CollectionBadge.vue
+++ b/src/components/CollectionBadge.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <template>
   <div class="mavedb-collection-badge">
     <router-link :to="{name: 'collection', params: {urn: collection.urn}}">
-      <img v-if="badgeImage" :alt="collection.name" :class="badgeClassName" :src="badgeImage" />
-      <img v-else-if="badgeNameIsLink" :alt="collection.name" :class="badgeClassName" :src="collection.badgeName" />
+      <img v-if="badgeImage" :alt="collection.name" :class="`inline ${badgeClassName}`" :src="badgeImage" />
+      <img v-else-if="badgeNameIsLink" :alt="collection.name" :class="`inline ${badgeClassName}`" :src="collection.badgeName" />
       <Tag v-else :class="badgeClassName" rounded :value="collection.badgeName" />
     </router-link>
   </div>
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 import Tag from 'primevue/tag'
 import {defineComponent} from 'vue'
+import igvfTagImage from '@/assets/igvf-tag.png'
 
 const BUILT_IN_BADGE_CLASSES: {[key: string]: string} = {
   IGVF: 'mavedb-collection-badge-igvf'
 }
 
 const BUILT_IN_BADGE_IMAGE_ASSETS: {[key: string]: string} = {
-  IGVF: '../assets/igvf-tag.png'
+  IGVF: igvfTagImage
 }
 
 export default defineComponent({
@@ -37,8 +38,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
     },
 
     badgeImage: function () {
-      const asset = BUILT_IN_BADGE_IMAGE_ASSETS[this.collection.badgeName]
-      return asset ? new URL(asset, import.meta.url).href : undefined
+      return BUILT_IN_BADGE_IMAGE_ASSETS[this.collection.badgeName] || undefined
     },
 
     badgeNameIsLink: function () {
diff --git a/src/components/ScoreSetSecondaryMetadata.vue b/src/components/ScoreSetSecondaryMetadata.vue
index 06cbd321..bc55b86f 100644
--- a/src/components/ScoreSetSecondaryMetadata.vue
+++ b/src/components/ScoreSetSecondaryMetadata.vue
@@ -69,10 +69,16 @@
       <EntityLink entity-type="scoreSet" :urn="urn" />
     </template>
   </div>
-  <div v-if="scoreSet.externalLinks?.ucscGenomeBrowser?.url">
-    <a class="flex space-x-2" :href="scoreSet.externalLinks.ucscGenomeBrowser.url" target="blank">
-      <img alt="UCSC Genome Browser" src="@/assets/logo-ucsc-genome-browser.png" style="height: 20px" />
-      <span>View in the UCSC Genome Browser</span>
+  <div v-if="scoreSet.externalLinks?.igvf?.url" class="external-link">
+    <a :href="scoreSet.externalLinks.igvf.url" target="blank">
+      <img alt="IGVF" src="@/assets/igvf-tag.png" />
+      Raw data available in the IGVF Portal
+    </a>
+  </div>
+  <div v-if="scoreSet.externalLinks?.ucscGenomeBrowser?.url" class="external-link">
+    <a :href="scoreSet.externalLinks.ucscGenomeBrowser.url" target="blank">
+      <img alt="UCSC Genome Browser" src="@/assets/logo-ucsc-genome-browser.png" />
+      View in the UCSC Genome Browser
     </a>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -109,4 +115,19 @@ const sortedMetaAnalyzedByScoreSetUrns = computed(() => _.sortBy(props.scoreSet.
 .mavedb-contributor {
   margin: 0 0.5em;
 }
+.external-link {
+  display: block;
+}
+.external-link a {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+}
+.external-link img {
+  height: 20px;
+  width: auto;
+}
+.external-link img {
+  display: block;
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/src/components/screens/CollectionView.vue b/src/components/screens/CollectionView.vue
index adff52ca..1f292c44 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/CollectionView.vue
+++ b/src/components/screens/CollectionView.vue
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@
             @open="editCollectionDescription"
           >
             <template #display>
-              {{ item.description || '(Click here to add description)' }}
+              <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
+              <div
+                v-html="item.description ? linkifyTextHtml(item.description) : '(Click here to add description)'"
+              ></div>
+              <!-- eslint-enable vue/no-v-html -->
             </template>
             <template #content>
               <div class="flex mave-collection-description-editor">
@@ -87,7 +91,13 @@
           </Inplace>
         </div>
         <div v-else>
-          <div v-if="item.description" class="mave-collection-description">{{ item.description }}</div>
+          <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
+          <div
+            v-if="item.description"
+            class="mave-collection-description"
+            v-html="linkifyTextHtml(item.description)"
+          ></div>
+          <!-- eslint-enable vue/no-v-html -->
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="mavedb-1000px-col">
diff --git a/src/components/screens/CollectionsView.vue b/src/components/screens/CollectionsView.vue
index 6809a913..79349be2 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/CollectionsView.vue
+++ b/src/components/screens/CollectionsView.vue
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@
                 }}</router-link></template
               >
             </Column>
-            <Column class="mave-collection-description" field="description" header="Description" :sortable="true" />
+            <Column class="mave-collection-description" field="description" header="Description" :sortable="true">
+              <template #body="{data}">
+                <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -->
+                <span v-if="data.description" v-html="linkifyTextHtml(data.description)"></span>
+                <span v-else>—</span>
+              </template>
+            </Column>
             <Column
               body-class="mave-align-center"
               :field="(c) => (c.experimentUrns || []).length"
@@ -86,9 +92,9 @@ export default {
 
   setup: () => {
     useHead({title: 'My saved collections'})
-    
+
     return {
-      ...useFormatters(),
+      ...useFormatters()
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/src/components/screens/ExperimentView.vue b/src/components/screens/ExperimentView.vue
index 600d6bd6..88645c6d 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/ExperimentView.vue
+++ b/src/components/screens/ExperimentView.vue
@@ -70,8 +70,15 @@
           }}</router-link>
         </div>
         <div v-if="item.currentVersion">Current version {{ item.currentVersion }}</div>
-        <CollectionAdder class="mave-save-to-collection-button" data-set-type="experiment" :data-set-urn="item.urn" />
-
+        <div v-if="item.externalLinks?.igvf?.url" class="external-link">
+          <a :href="item.externalLinks.igvf.url" target="blank">
+            <img alt="IGVF" src="@/assets/igvf-tag.png" />
+            View this experiment in the IGVF Portal
+          </a>
+        </div>
+        <div style="margin-top: 1em">
+          <CollectionAdder class="mave-save-to-collection-button" data-set-type="experiment" :data-set-urn="item.urn" />
+        </div>
         <div class="mave-score-set-section-title">Score Sets</div>
         <div v-if="associatedScoreSets.length != 0">
           <ul class="list-disc pl-4">
@@ -528,6 +535,23 @@ export default {
 }
 
 .mave-save-to-collection-button {
-  margin: 1em 0;
+  margin: 1em;
+}
+
+/* External links */
+.external-link {
+  display: block;
+}
+.external-link a {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+}
+.external-link img {
+  height: 20px;
+  width: auto;
+}
+.external-link img {
+  display: block;
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/components/screens/HomeScreen.vue b/src/components/screens/HomeScreen.vue
index 29d86891..df688e33 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/HomeScreen.vue
+++ b/src/components/screens/HomeScreen.vue
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@
           <template #title><h2 class="mt-0">News</h2></template>
           <template #content>
             <ul class="ml-2 list-disc space-y-4">
+              <li>
+                <p>
+                  MaveDB is an official
+                    <a href="https://catalog.igvf.org/" target="_blank">
+                      <img class="inline h-5 mb-1" alt="IGVF" src="@/assets/igvf-tag.png" />
+                    </a>
+                  Data Resource! You can now find data from MaveDB datasets in the
+                  <a href="https://catalog.igvf.org/" target="_blank">IGVF Data Catalog</a>.
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                  In addition, many MaveDB score sets now have links to view the corresponding raw data in the
+                  <a href="https://portal.igvf.org/" target="_blank">IGVF Data Portal</a>.
+                </p>
+              </li>
               <li>
                 <p>Tracks for many score sets are now available on the UCSC Genome Browser.</p>
                 <p class="mt-2">
diff --git a/src/composition/formatters.ts b/src/composition/formatters.ts
index e7b05ae3..51736a2c 100644
--- a/src/composition/formatters.ts
+++ b/src/composition/formatters.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import pluralize from 'pluralize'
 
-import {formatDate, formatInt} from '@/lib/formats'
+import {formatDate, formatInt, linkifyTextHtml} from '@/lib/formats'
 
 export default () => ({
   formatDate,
   formatInt,
+  linkifyTextHtml,
   pluralize,
   startCase: (s: string) => _.startCase(s)
 })
diff --git a/src/lib/formats.ts b/src/lib/formats.ts
index 31272ab4..806b5840 100644
--- a/src/lib/formats.ts
+++ b/src/lib/formats.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import moment from 'moment'
+import {Opts} from 'linkifyjs'
+import linkifyHtml from 'linkify-html'
 
 export function formatDate(x: string) {
   return moment(x).format('MMM DD, YYYY')
@@ -12,3 +14,36 @@ export function formatInt(x: number | null) {
     maximumFractionDigits: 0
   })
 }
+
+/**
+ * Safely convert plain text containing URLs into HTML with clickable links.
+ * - Escapes HTML to prevent XSS
+ * - Linkifies URLs via linkify-html
+ *
+ * @param text The plain text to linkify.
+ * @param options Optional linkify-html options.
+ * @returns The linkified HTML string.
+ */
+export function linkifyTextHtml(text: string | null | undefined, options?: Opts): string {
+  if (!text) return ''
+
+  const defaultOptions = {
+    defaultProtocol: 'https',
+    target: {
+      url: '_blank'
+    },
+    rel: 'noopener noreferrer'
+  }
+
+  const escapeHtml = (s: string) =>
+    String(s)
+      .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
+      .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+      .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+      .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
+      .replace(/'/g, '&#39;')
+
+  const escaped = escapeHtml(text)
+
+  return linkifyHtml(escaped, {...defaultOptions, ...options})
+}
diff --git a/src/schema/openapi.d.ts b/src/schema/openapi.d.ts
index 4c96869e..5dd455a1 100644
--- a/src/schema/openapi.d.ts
+++ b/src/schema/openapi.d.ts
@@ -571,9 +571,9 @@ export interface paths {
      *     The index to start from. If None, starts from the beginning.
      * limit : Optional[int]
      *     The maximum number of variants to return. If None, returns all variants.
-     * namespaces: List[Literal["scores", "counts"]]
+     * namespaces: List[Literal["scores", "counts", "vep", "gnomad"]]
      *     The namespaces of all columns except for accession, hgvs_nt, hgvs_pro, and hgvs_splice.
-     *     We may add ClinVar and gnomAD in the future.
+     *     We may add ClinVar in the future.
      * drop_na_columns : bool, optional
      *     Whether to drop columns that contain only NA values. Defaults to False.
      * db : Session
@@ -2577,6 +2577,10 @@ export interface components {
       keywords: components["schemas"]["ExperimentControlledKeyword"][];
       /** Scoreseturns */
       scoreSetUrns: string[];
+      /** Externallinks */
+      externalLinks: {
+        [key: string]: components["schemas"]["ExternalLink"];
+      };
       /** Numscoresets */
       numScoreSets?: number | null;
       /** Processingstate */
@@ -2945,7 +2949,14 @@ export interface components {
       /** Offset */
       offset: number;
     };
-    /** ExternalLink */
+    /**
+     * ExternalLink
+     * @description Represents an external hyperlink for view models.
+     *
+     * Attributes:
+     *     url (Optional[str]): Fully qualified URL for the external resource.
+     *         May be None if no link is available or applicable.
+     */
     ExternalLink: {
       /** Url */
       url?: string | null;
@@ -4573,6 +4584,10 @@ export interface components {
       keywords: components["schemas"]["SavedExperimentControlledKeyword"][];
       /** Scoreseturns */
       scoreSetUrns: string[];
+      /** Externallinks */
+      externalLinks: {
+        [key: string]: components["schemas"]["ExternalLink"];
+      };
       /** Processingstate */
       processingState?: string | null;
     };
@@ -8749,9 +8764,9 @@ export interface operations {
    *     The index to start from. If None, starts from the beginning.
    * limit : Optional[int]
    *     The maximum number of variants to return. If None, returns all variants.
-   * namespaces: List[Literal["scores", "counts"]]
+   * namespaces: List[Literal["scores", "counts", "vep", "gnomad"]]
    *     The namespaces of all columns except for accession, hgvs_nt, hgvs_pro, and hgvs_splice.
-   *     We may add ClinVar and gnomAD in the future.
+   *     We may add ClinVar in the future.
    * drop_na_columns : bool, optional
    *     Whether to drop columns that contain only NA values. Defaults to False.
    * db : Session
@@ -8771,8 +8786,8 @@ export interface operations {
         start?: number;
         /** @description Maximum number of variants to return */
         limit?: number;
-        /** @description One or more data types to include: scores, counts, clinVar, gnomAD */
-        namespaces?: ("scores" | "counts")[];
+        /** @description One or more data types to include: scores, counts, clinVar, gnomAD, VEP */
+        namespaces?: ("scores" | "counts" | "vep" | "gnomad")[];
         drop_na_columns?: boolean | null;
         include_custom_columns?: boolean | null;
         include_post_mapped_hgvs?: boolean | null;